The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-06-14
AMERICAN.

!. NEw York, June 2-There is nothing to
say about the Jacob Sharp case yesterday,
except that the childish process of how not
to get jury made further progress. OF
! thirty-three jurors examined nine were
! liquor-dealers. EX-Mayor Grace came into
! Court after recess in obedience TO a sum-
mons as Juror he asked to be excused on
/ account of his opposition TO granting The
railroad franchise. After some contention
between him and the lawyers his request was
complied with.
| NEW YORK. June 2.-One of the greatest
/ commercial combinations Of recent years was
1 effected In this city yesterday. 1t involves
I the the control of the entire rubber industry
IN this country. Several secret meetings have
been held during the past few weeks by the
I leading rubber manufacturers of the East TO
discuss the feasibility of forming a rubber
/ trust, modelled somewhat after the Standard
/ Oil trust. The trust has a capital of $780,
I 100000. The affair is managed by three
Trustees. The scheme involves a virtual
surrender TO the trust of all the rubbr mills
in the country.
CITY OF MEXICO, June 1.-The Government
has published Az official statement of the
public debt, which shows the total national
Indebtedness to be much lower than Is given
in recent publications. The the total consol.
idated debt is Sl06,045,000, while the uncon-
verted debt is S44, $4,000. Congress adjourned
last evening. Its most important work was
the passage of the Presidential Reelection
Amendment bill and the bill favoring mining
industries.
New YORK, June 2-Yesterday was the thir-
teenth day of the Jake Sharp trial. Twelve
hundred jurors have been called and 6S2 ex-
amined phirty-eight were excepted. OF these
fourteen we're challenged by the defense, ten
were challenged by the people and three ex-
cused by the Court, leaving eleven in the box.
Six challenges remain to the defense and ten
to the people. In other cases from $50 to GOO
jurors have been called and 1t has taken from
three to fifteen days to get jury.
OTTAWA. June lin the Commons, this af-
ternoon. Sir Charles Upper, in reply to
question, said that both the Imperial Gov
eminent and the Government of Canada
were doing all in their power to promote
friendly adjustment of the fisheries difficulty
and to arrange a reciprocity treaty with the
United States but that IT would not be in the
interest of the public service to communicate
anything more definite than that to the
House.
CITY OF MEXICO, June 1.-The Senate has
ratified treaty of friendship, commerce and
navigation with France.
Dies MONIES (Ia.) June IA diagonal
route was completed yesterday to St. Paul,
and the first train was entirely of sugar from
Oau ITdlClSCo via me OdQdulau racine. II
goes TO Kansas City over the Wabash from
here.
NEw York, June Those who have foR
lowed The President il contributing $40 each
to start the Grant monument fund are Ad-
miral Porter, Secretary Bayard. Stuart L.
Woudford and Z. 3. Thurber. The fund
amounts now to $50.
YIcToRIA, May 31.-On Monday night The
city Of Vancouver was IN danger of being
swept by fire. Fierce flames ragged around
1t, but were kept under control. Assistance
was sent from New Westminster. Only
few cabins were burned.
Extensive lodges of gold quartz have been
discovered in Nicola, thirty miles from the
large and extend for miles. Many claims
have been taken up. The rock is sulphuretic
ore of the richest quality.
LIMA, Peru, May 50.-Don Carlos de Bour-
bon of Spain, travelling incognito under the
title of Count de Breu, has arrived here.
New YORK, May 25.-The White Star steam
er Celtic was towed to the Brooklyn dry dock
yesterday morning for repairs, while the
BritGjUiic took her place alongside the COM
pany's pier, at the front of West Tenth street. !
There she will remain until her sister ship
gets the fracture repaired, when she will in |
turn take her place on the dock. The work |
of repairing will be pushed with vigor with |
the view of enabling both vessels TO leave on |
the regular days next month. Of the hun |
dred and ei9hty-three cabin passengers on |
the BritaHRic, the majority will sail either in |
the Arizona or the City Of Rome, which will |
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